Teaching with Sakai innovation Award; tips and Suggestions from the 2009 Winner Andrea Crampton, Charles Sturt University

1. Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award: Tips and Suggestions Dr. Andrea Crampton CSU 2009 winner of the Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award

6. Topic and Tools -2008 Place Topic and Mode Tool Use 1 Biomedical Engineering – graduate level – internal class Wiki: group work and report writing as well as sharing of reports between groups 2 International Law – undergraduate- internal Resources – shared documents and compiled materials. Chat / forums - group discussions Wiki – student bios, pictures, plenary sessions Test & Quizzes (test centre) – tutorial exercises HM English Literature – K-12 -blended Resources- shared documents Chat/forum – group and class chats Wiki – development of group presentations Test centre – exams Presentation tool- group presentation to class HM Web Design – Graduate- Distance Wiki : Sharing of idea and web links Forum : interaction, student-student and student-instructor Blog : Progress reports Podcast : delivery of video based lectures Chat : synchronous discussions Resources : course content and supplementary material Tests : Surveys

7. Topic and Tools -2009 Place Topic and Mode Tool Use 1 Forensic Science – Undergraduate- internal and distance Announcements- key lecture communication Wiki- news articles related to subject, tutorial exercises Chat- technical issues and assessment questions Test centre – tutorials Resources- contain virtual lectures and podcasts Group sites –each group had own project page with all tools – Chat :Team communication- Wiki :develop and write group report – Resources : -share information and files 2 Germany and world wars–undergraduate – internal Wiki – individual wiki pages per student use as diary HM Professional Development – staff (educational designers) –distance Blog – personal reflection Wiki – group discussion on common topics relating to case study Modules tool – resources and task guide HM Public Relations – undergraduate0 internal Wiki – students invited to co-author syllabus Resources – group materials Chats/announcements/messaging – intra and inter subject communication Forums and Blogs : online guest speakers Test & quizzes - surveys